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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 5h

I know it's literally a recreation of Photoshop but it is.. just... Photoshop. My jaw is on the floor.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 5h

Spectacular timing of this email!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 17h

Sounds like things are going well in Samoa.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Amazing work by Cadbury. Finally figured out a way to use the Easter Egg machines for more of the year.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 05/10/2026

1/ Just got Sim City 2000 working natively on my Mac using this open source decompilation! github.com/nicholas-och... But this isn't the most amazing part.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 04/10/2026

Cool AI thing at Leeds Castle - you can ask Eleanor of Castile anything! Here’s my friend asking about her interest in Arthurian legend.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Watching the livestream of Tom Morello's Power to the People festival.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Did you play my 'MP Recall' game? These are the most remembered MPs. Full list: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/these-are-...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 29/09/2026

The staging at Labour conference is really something else this year!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

“If the Security Council refuses to comply with my demands, I will activate the Torment Nexus.”

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Got an incredible match-up from a YIMBY perspective here.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 25/09/2026

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/ai-compute...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 23/09/2026

What Burnham's completely reasonable and normal position is. vs How it is being described on the brain-poisoned website.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Tried out GPT6 Astra's 3D modelling capabilities last night by asking it to build a full 3D replica of Conway Hall, where I used to be a trustee. This was just ten minutes of work – lots of errors but also surprising accuracy! (The last image is fun as you can see where it got confused.)

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 21/09/2026

I’ve been trying to do some Shorts of YIMBY Pod again because that’s what broken-brained Gen-Zs want. Listen to our podcast about growth and progress, kids!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Obviously the video below is, er, spectacularly tone deaf, but it is very striking, and you don't really appreciate it until you visit, that there is like a real town still there with shops, a McDonalds, and even a dinosaur-themed amusement park just down the road.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 18/09/2026

On the tech itself, if you'll forgive me for screenshotting my own writing – I think the value is in the speed in which it can work, like with Homes for Ukraine.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 15/09/2026

I have not followed the Letby story, nor do I know anything much about health policy, but I’d bet this is a long-worked-on plan being given a current events hook - using AI cameras to monitor neonatal units seems like a really obvious use of the technology with no second order pricavy concerns etc.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13/09/2026

Late to this fascinating interview on @samfr.bsky.social’s Substack. Of course the Treasury tried to frustrate the vaccine rollout! samf.substack.com/p/when-gover...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 12/09/2026

George Bush… painted the meme.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 11/09/2026

This is obvious to say, but mad to imagine literally everyone you know at work being killed and your workplace getting destroyed, all in one instant.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Here is a thread of men reacting to the new Zelda game. 1/3

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Saw actual Francis Fukuyama in person this evening!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Looking forward to Matt Goodwin continuing to take on the New Elite.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 31/08/2026

I understand why people might criticise Thiel getting a private viewing of the tapestry but this is a hilariously tenuous argument to deploy, that is clearly an example of "making up a reason to not like the bad man". www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 29/08/2026

Just got a Facebook advert for... The Social Reckoning.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 27/08/2026

Had a lovely evening at @jonnelledge.bsky.social’s book launch. It’s out today - go buy it!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 25/08/2026

Five years today since @lizlutgendorff.bsky.social and I got Boudicca. She's a good cat.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 23/08/2026

The story here is that BBC Breakfast… reported the news.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 22/08/2026

Ah yes this sounds much easier than just using air conditioning.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20/08/2026

I haven’t actually heard the band’s latest album yet, but I can only assume it is a concept album about ITV Meridian.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20/08/2026

Went to see AFI this evening so now have a strong urge to text my mum and tell her that she can’t tell me what to do, and that I’m not going to tidy my room.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19/08/2026

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/9-thoughts...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 16/08/2026

Is Nigel Farage a... YIMBY... now?

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 14/08/2026

Oh no not another one. But at least this one is entirely justified.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 14/08/2026

Surely there's going to be a leadership challenge after a result like this?!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 08/08/2026

I attempted to record my own video to add to the pile…

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 08/08/2026

Baarle is the crazy Dutch/Belgian border town with a mishmash of exclaves, including enclaves within exclaves. If you follow me you’ve almost certainly watched one of the many YouTube videos about it.